Lunchtime letdown

So we have this cafeteria at work.  And it's a great idea - people don't have to drive somewhere to eat (if they didn't bring lunch with them and cram it into a minifridge), it saves time, and the company keeps the cost of food low, so you can get a filling lunch for about $5-6. 

Today I spied a burrito option.  I tend to love burritos.  However, I was probably remembering my last burrito at Chipotle, and thinking that maybe this would be the same. 

Oh no.

The chicken was so bad I threw most of it out (there wasn't very much), so I ate a very bland yellow rice (I'd say saffron rice, but there is negative flavor in the yellow rice here)/black bean (I had to ask for more, they are very stingy on their beans - what gives?)/lettuce burrito with a few specks of tomato, and some sour cream for added flavor.

Sigh.

Once again, I learn that it's best to pack my lunch and know what I'm going to get.  Food disappointment at lunch is not what I need to stay...well, not perky, but upbeat at work.

Seasonal restlessness

Seasonal restlessness is a term used to describe the behavior patterns of migratory animals around the time of their annual/seasonal migrations. If you capture a migratory bird and watch their behavior, they become increasingly restless and agitated, and move around quite a bit, before and during their migrational period.

I seem to get a similar urge in the Spring and Autumn, although, at the same time, I am tired of moving.

I have moved almost every year for the past 13 years or so.  I am very, very tired of it.  Once again, we will have to move this Spring, as the people from whom we rent a townhouse are moving back to the area, and this place is their home.  So I cannot sleep - my brain is whirring from thinking of our rental options.  We have three, and none are ideal. 

I suppose we'll figure it out in one way or another.  But it does leave me awake after four hours of sleep, unable to drift off again.

Entertainment

I have done very little knitting in the last...6 months or so.  Reasons for this lack may be revealed later.  I have been going to "comfort food" reading and videos, however, when I am tired or not feeling so well in the evenings after work, or on the weekends (which I very much need to recover from the week!).

I received a gift certificate to amazon.com for Christmas, and finally purchased a video set, Agatha Christies's Poirot, the Classic Collection.   David Suchet (and the supporting cast) are excellent.  I far prefer the BBC/PBS Boston Poirot series, versus the A&E Poirot versions, which are far less driven by character, and with a lot more melodrama. 

I am a sucker for classic "cozy" mysteries, aside from Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey, Ngaio Marsh.  And well-acted videos make them even more relaxing sometimes.

I'm also starting on the Brother Cadfael series, through Netflix.  I read the books (a number of them) years ago, but I love the visuals, the scenery, and of course, Sir Derek Jacobi.

Any recommendations for cozy mysteries out there?  I'd love to hear of more authors I should be reading.

Julia's blog

One of my dance buddies from back in Indiana told me, years ago, about her interest in writing, and shared her idea for a young adult fiction novel.  I thought it was brilliant.  Now she's going to be published!  It's scheduled for next January, I believe, but I couldn't be more excited for her.

Now she's having a blog re-opening.  Go visit!

I've wanted to write fiction for years - have something that's been simmering in my head for a long, long time.  She's inspiring me!